Courses that Count for WGS Credit

All WGS courses and the following courses are approved for WGS concentration credit and the WGS Secondary Field. Of the courses listed below, those offered at Harvard schools outside of FAS (e.g. Harvard Divinity School, the Graduate School of Design, etc.), require a FAS concentration credit petition in order to count towards a WGS concentration or secondary field. The FAS courses listed below do not require a petition. 

If you would like to petition to receive concentration credit for a course that is not listed below, please submit a copy of the syllabus with a completed petition to the WGS Director of Undergraduate Studies. 

Courses That Count for 2026-2027

Table of courses that count for WGS credit.
Course NumberCourse titleInstructorCounts For:Semester
ANTHRO 1906
Care in Critical Times
Wright
 
Fall 2026
ROM-STD 182
Iberian and Latin American Sexualities
Blackmore
 
Fall 2026
HIST LIT 90HP
Manliness & Civilization
Bloom
History foundation
Fall 2026
HIST 164
Romancing the Archive: Romance Fiction in Historical and Cultural Context
Miles
History foundation
Fall 2026
HDS 2693
Sex, Gender and Sexuality I
Dunning
Theory foundation
Fall 2026
GENED 1176
Sexuality in Literature: From Giovanni’s Room to Fun Home
Schlossberg
 
Fall 2026
SOCIOL 1206
Sociology of Family
Fairchild
 
Fall 2026
MUSIC 195AS
Women Creators in Music
Shreffler
 
Fall 2026
FRENCH 80BB
Beyond the Binary: Sex, Gender, and Nature in Premodern French Writing
Oliver
 
Spring 2027
RELIGION 1087/AFRAMER 108
Black Religion and Sexuality
Green-Hayes
 
Spring 2027
SAS 171
Constructions of Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in South Asian Cultures
Selby
 
Spring 2027
CLS-STDY 52
Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece
Weiss
History foundation
Spring 2027
FYSEMR 74I
Gender Politics, Race, and Moral Panics in the World of Sports
Sirvent
 
Spring 2027
PSY 1009
Psychology of Women
Noll
 
Spring 2027
ENGLISH 280QL
Queer and Trans Literature and Criticism
Burt
 
Spring 2027
HIST-LIT 93AA
Queer Archives
Kaminsky
History foundation
Spring 2027
FOLKMYTH 172
Quilts and Quiltmaking
Lufkin
 
Spring 2027
RELIGION 1572/HDS 2692
Sex, Gender and Sexuality I
Dunning
Theory foundation
Fall 2027
SOCIOL 1058
Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Viterna
Theory foundation
Spring 2027
HDS 1505
Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the New Testament and Early Christianity
Dunning
 
Spring 2027
MUSIC 194RB
The Idea of Singing
Borowski
 
Spring 2027
REL 1732
Women and Gender in Buddhism and the Quest for Social Justice
Gyatso
 
Spring 2027
PORTUG 62
Women's Voices in Brazilian Culture(s)
Soares
 
Spring 2027

Approved Courses from Past Years

Check our archived lists of approved courses to find out if a non-WGS course can be counted towards your WGS requirements: